Law enforcement agencies to buy recording equipment

Tuesday

Feb 18, 2014 at 11:52 AMFeb 18, 2014 at 11:53 AM

GOSHEN — Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler announced on Tuesday that the state Division of Criminal Justice Services has awarded $41,150 in grants to Orange County law enforcement agencies to buy video recording equipment.

Each of 10 agencies - the District Attorney’s Office, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and police departments in the towns of Goshen and Mount Hope and the villages of Chester, Goshen, Greenwood Lake, Highland Falls, Walden and Washingtonville -- will get $4,115 for equipment to record statements by defendants and suspects in criminal cases.

Each agency will also provide staffers with training to use the equipment and for investigative personnel on “reliable interview techniques to enhance their interviewing and interrogation ability.”

Hoovler said use of the equipment provides valuable evidence and information in cases and safeguards individual rights.

Heather Yakin

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